A passenger on board an Indigo flight from Delhi was arrested after he claimed there was a bomb in the aircraft and that it should be diverted to Pakistan, an airport spokesperson said.
"A passenger named Sanjay Mallik on Indigo flight 6E181 from Delhi arrested by CISF on landing at 1145 hours," a spokesperson for the Mumbai International Airport Limited told PTI.
About 15 minutes before landing in Mumbai he claimed there was a bomb in the aircraft and the flight should be diverted to Pakistan, the spokesperson said.
The 28-year-old, who hails from Haryana, boarded the flight at Delhi and when he was served apple juice in-flight, he claimed there was a bomb in the juice packet.
"This triggered a panic in the flight. Soon after the flight landed in Mumbai, he was handed over to security personnel at the airport," police said.
He was flying alone in the flight, police said, adding that he was being questioned.
The number of passengers on board the aircraft could not be verified immediately.
